The 2009 holiday toy season is kicking into full gear, and no toy is hotter this year than Zhu Zhu Pets.
Zhu Zhu Pets are revolutionary new “pets” that don’t require any parental supervision.
They are essentially battery-operated hamsters that zip around in play sets at will. Their movements are incredibly like-like.
As we wrote here in [...]

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Want to get your Amazon order on the same day? If you live in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. or Seattle, now you can.
Chicago, Indianapolis and Phoenix are coming soon.
The service will run you $5.99 per item if you’re and Amazon Prime member. If you’re not, you’ll be charged [...]

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It’s that time of year again…time for ghouls, goblins and things that go bump in the night.
Here at Blippitt, if you’re looking for Halloween costume ideas for 2009, we’ve got you covered.  We’ve got costumes for babies, guys, girls, even Halloween costume ideas for couples and families!
So let the little kid in you come out [...]

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It’s hard to believe, but summer is almost over.  That means it’s time to get ready for some awesome “Back to School” deals from Amazon.
For example, you can now get $110 off on this hot Toshiba laptop…

Toshiba Satellite A505-S6973 16.0-Inch Laptop – Black/Grey
This laptop usually sells for $759.99, but you can now get it for [...]

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Amazon has pulled a true “Big Brother” by deleting Kindle versions of the George Orwell novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindles of users who had already paid for the books.  Nice.
To be fair, we should point out that these were unauthorized versions of the books, contrary to what some other sources are [...]

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Have you heard about the most amazingest shirt ever on Amazon?  It will wash your car.  It will walk you dog.  It will even get you laid.  Okay, okay, it won’t wash your car or walk you dog.
The Three Wolf Moon T-shirt just might get you laid, though, if you believe the incredulous reviews being [...]

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What’s left for Amazon now that we have seen the Kindle, Kindle 2, and Kindle DX?
How about the Amazon Kindle 9 XXXD?  The idea is that you can lay it on the floor and be able to read entire road maps with the Kindle 9 XXXD.
Well, not really, but it’s fun to imagine.  Behold: the [...]

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The folks over at Amazon are less than happy with Swiss startup Amazee, a social collaboration service – so much so that Amazon wants them to change their name.
This battle has been going on for a while, but Amazee is now escalating things by using stronger verbiage than they have in the past, stating that [...]

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